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2FA? More like 2F-in-the-way: It seems no one wants me to pay for their services after all
2021-10-01 08:30

It's telling me I am nearing the end of the app's free trial period and now is the time to commit to a subscription payment or lose the "Pro" features I have been "Enjoying."

Although the password app is free, the German volunteer developer who wrote and maintains it always asks his users for modest donations at this time of year to coincide with Oktoberfest.

No worries, all this information is hashed away in my password app, so I switch back to it.

PayPal is now asking me to enter a six-figure code generated by the Authenticator app on my handset.

Returning to my home screen, I also now remember that I have installed more than one app called Authenticator: in fact, I have a whole folder of them.

He has now set a new task in his task app to search for a new task app.


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